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. >> just like the obama debates over obama care in his administration, over the stimulus and the health care debate earlier this year under president trump, this has been a party line debate. now, as this bill gets ready to go to president trump's desk, it's worth noting the arguments from democrats and what the democrats are saying, citing economic forecasters, is this is mistimed for the economic cycle. it will increase the deficit and that it won't produce the big burst of growth that republicans are claiming here's mark warner from my speak easy interview it will not only be not a boost, but i believe it's the single worst piece of legislation that i have seen since i have been in the senate, and let me tell you why. one, there was a process found this whole bill was cooked up in secret folks like me who spent years being interested in the subject were not invited into the room because it's been done in secret, i believe tax lawyers and accountsants will spend a decade finding some of the loopholes and problems, particularly in the pass through area and some of the corporate tax ref
. >> just like the obama debates over obama care in his administration, over the stimulus and the health care debate earlier this year under president trump, this has been a party line debate. now, as this bill gets ready to go to president trump's desk, it's worth noting the arguments from democrats and what the democrats are saying, citing economic forecasters, is this is mistimed for the economic cycle. it will increase the deficit and that it won't produce the big burst of growth that...
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and a debate about maybe drill, drill drill drill, no drill or drill down? tdd# 1-800-345-2550 that's why, at schwab, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 every online equity trade is now $8.95 tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no matter your account balance, how often you trade tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or how many shares... tdd# 1-800-345-2550 you pay what they pay what everyone pays: $8.95. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and you still get all the help tdd# 1-800-345-2550 t you expect from schwab tdd# 1-800-345-2550 millions of investors. one price. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab... tdd# 1-800-345-2550 investors rule. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are you ready to rule? >>> so how about more regulations in washington? more than 35 miles per gallon. that's the obama administration's new standard for mileage on new cars by the year 2016. no one better to tell us about this than steve handelsman live from washington. >> reporter: good evening to you, larry, live from washington where a lot of people worried about the price of oil not just over the next four months but over the next four years. they've changed
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if not, if there is a debate, if there is a battle, mr. obama was very am bikious about that today, as you probably know. he said we can't use t.a.r.p. spending, the extra $200 billion, on infrastructure, but he didn't rule it out for some of the government spending plans which are considerable or for the tax cuts. mr. corker, would you and others lead a fill buzzer on the floor of the senate presumably around the debt limit, the debt ceiling that is coming up for a vote, to prevent t.a.r.p. from being spent and to make sure the t.a.r.p. excess goes into debt reduction? would you use -- i'm calling it a taxpayer rights filibuster. >> yeah. >> is such a thing possible? >> well, look, they're actually, larry, numbers of things that i can guarantee you i'm not going to vote for a debt ceiling unless numbers of things take place like making sure that we actually deal with the long-term liabilities of medicare and social security. so there's actually more than just t.a.r.p. that would cause many of us to not fund the debt ceiling unless we know
if not, if there is a debate, if there is a battle, mr. obama was very am bikious about that today, as you probably know. he said we can't use t.a.r.p. spending, the extra $200 billion, on infrastructure, but he didn't rule it out for some of the government spending plans which are considerable or for the tax cuts. mr. corker, would you and others lead a fill buzzer on the floor of the senate presumably around the debt limit, the debt ceiling that is coming up for a vote, to prevent t.a.r.p....
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that sets the debate going forward there. >> exactly. they're going to argue this law deepens the point they're making about president obama making the point about raising taxes, and he's going to find a point to defend against that. you heard him say, now this mandate's been upheld. your kid can stay on the parents' insurance until they're age 26. all those things you can't be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions. all those are things that poll well, that are popular, that the administration believes in and they're going to try to use those to protect themselves against the tax argument. >> john, thanks so much. our chief washington correspondent, of course washington bureau chief john harwood outside the white house for us. many investment implications of the ruling today. let's bring in chris jener. he's a t. rowe price fund manager. chris, this didn't go exactly to plan, at least how you figured it would given our conversation a few days ago. >> what i thought of, and what you'll recall, i thought the mandate would be st
that sets the debate going forward there. >> exactly. they're going to argue this law deepens the point they're making about president obama making the point about raising taxes, and he's going to find a point to defend against that. you heard him say, now this mandate's been upheld. your kid can stay on the parents' insurance until they're age 26. all those things you can't be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions. all those are things that poll well, that are popular, that...
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we're going to talk more about budget debate in a few minutes. then at 8:00 eastern time, we'll be joined by tom price. he is one of a handful of republicans who prose part of the van pollen. and then 8:120 eastern time. first, snow, scott wapner is here with some of the morning's other headlines. >> nice to say you. at&t is going to begin consumer and corporate presales of the blackberry's e-10 today. meantime, samsung is set to release its latest smartphone. yum brands reporting an unexpected 2% rise in profits. take a look at shares of yum. there you see the spike about 5.3% there in after hours trade postponing. >> meantime, costco is reporting better shan expected earnings on sales and membership fees and shares are down slyly 0.%. >>> and we've got a story about another judge, i want to hear what this judge thinks about this. if you live in new york city this morning, you can still buy a large soda. a judge struck down michael bloomberg's than. as for the impact on business, here is the mayor's response to a reporter's question. >> i don't
we're going to talk more about budget debate in a few minutes. then at 8:00 eastern time, we'll be joined by tom price. he is one of a handful of republicans who prose part of the van pollen. and then 8:120 eastern time. first, snow, scott wapner is here with some of the morning's other headlines. >> nice to say you. at&t is going to begin consumer and corporate presales of the blackberry's e-10 today. meantime, samsung is set to release its latest smartphone. yum brands reporting an...
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president barack obama weighed into the debate urging the uk to fix its relationship with the eu. steve has been following the story from westminster. he sends this report. >> here in westminster, we could see a further evolution of the story. it seems as if david cameron has been forced into a position now where he has to offer euro skeptics within his own party some form of carrot in the form of a binding draft bill, which would probably away draft private members bill backed by the government to put in a shrining law in or out of the eu. this will probably be 2017 which is after the next general election which is due in 2015. of course, we have a coalition government and the departments. so a lot of questions remain despite the hard line coming out from the parliamentary. >> this has also been a topic that julia has been putting to leaders in brussels. and she joins us for more. jules. >> i did pose this question to them. this is what they had to say. >> i'm in very, very strong fan of the eu '27, soon to be '28. and i do hope all member constituents stay in. >> you find some o
president barack obama weighed into the debate urging the uk to fix its relationship with the eu. steve has been following the story from westminster. he sends this report. >> here in westminster, we could see a further evolution of the story. it seems as if david cameron has been forced into a position now where he has to offer euro skeptics within his own party some form of carrot in the form of a binding draft bill, which would probably away draft private members bill backed by the...
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he will join us for a lively debate. seven out of ten power outages in the us are caused by weather. but utilities can now predict where the power will go out, within a few city blocks. working with ibm they're combining micro weather forecasts with detailed data from local sensors. to predict where outages are likely to occur. and send crews exactly where they're needed, when they're needed. ibm analytics from the internet of things is making energy smarter every day. you probably know xerox as the company that's all about printing. but did you know we also support hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> the streaming war heats up. spotify r
he will join us for a lively debate. seven out of ten power outages in the us are caused by weather. but utilities can now predict where the power will go out, within a few city blocks. working with ibm they're combining micro weather forecasts with detailed data from local sensors. to predict where outages are likely to occur. and send crews exactly where they're needed, when they're needed. ibm analytics from the internet of things is making energy smarter every day. you probably know xerox...
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president obama walking back his tax proposal but the debate raising new questions about who should be using the savings set up? we'll talk to the author about that. he just wrote that big piece. he thinks that you should tell your children how much money you make. and we should talk about why he thinks that. first as we head into a break a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers. we're back in just a moment. ♪ there's confidence. then there's trusting your vehicle maintenance to ford service confidence. our expertise, technology, and high quality parts mean your peace of mind. now you can get the works, a multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change tire rotation, brake inspection and more. $29.95 or less. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalize
president obama walking back his tax proposal but the debate raising new questions about who should be using the savings set up? we'll talk to the author about that. he just wrote that big piece. he thinks that you should tell your children how much money you make. and we should talk about why he thinks that. first as we head into a break a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers. we're back in just a moment. ♪ there's confidence. then there's trusting your vehicle maintenance to...
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about, like a psychoanalytical debate about whether or not barack obama loves america. i think we should be having a national conversation and put forward an agenda about what to do with foreign policy, how to to deal with domestic issues or agenda. a real agent. you want scott walker to have a national debate about whether barack obama loves america? that is insane. >> that's no what i said. yesterday when he said i'm not going to comment on giuliani you said he should have used it as an opportunity to show leadership. >> i think he should say -- >> he can think whatever heps. >> the problem is he didn't say anything. >> that's right. >> he said i'm not going to talk about it. say i don't think the republican party should have a national debate about whether barack obama loves america. do you think he loves america? >> i give everyone the benefit of the doubt. >> do you think he loves america? >> i give him the benefit of the doubt. i don't know if he loves corporate america. >> do you think it's good for republican national candidates to have this debate? no -- just -
about, like a psychoanalytical debate about whether or not barack obama loves america. i think we should be having a national conversation and put forward an agenda about what to do with foreign policy, how to to deal with domestic issues or agenda. a real agent. you want scott walker to have a national debate about whether barack obama loves america? that is insane. >> that's no what i said. yesterday when he said i'm not going to comment on giuliani you said he should have used it as an...
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since we're not experts, sarah, and you are, take us back during the obama care debate. didn't we just see piling on against these types of programs, that they were wasted money or not any good? isn't this a reversal? what happened. suspect it an endorsement of private health care versus obama ca care. >> it's a partnership by cms and the administration to keep managed care in the market. obama always says he wants seniors, if they're happy, to keep that option. if they prefer a government plan, to have that option as well. throughout health care reform several cuts hit the managed care plans. it is taking down rates by 2.3%. there's an mlr minimum that assures if they don't hit 85% of premium revenues spent on medical expenses it's getting rebated back. so there are still those items intact. but what really changed last night is what with he refer to as the dock fix or sustainable growth rate. since 2010, physicians were supposed to have their fees cut. and that was supposed to bring down overall health care spending. but if you put these in, some of us are going out of
since we're not experts, sarah, and you are, take us back during the obama care debate. didn't we just see piling on against these types of programs, that they were wasted money or not any good? isn't this a reversal? what happened. suspect it an endorsement of private health care versus obama ca care. >> it's a partnership by cms and the administration to keep managed care in the market. obama always says he wants seniors, if they're happy, to keep that option. if they prefer a...
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debate with president obama so what are you talking about? >> he said that he would not lower rates on wealthier people. >> but it's right. no net increase in revenue on people. >> he will not raise revenue, which is what simpson-bowles, rivlin-domenici and the gang of six in the senate agreed. >> neither side has picked it up, the frustration that a plan like bowles-simpson has not put forth. >> not true. >> how so? >> i served on the supercommittee, i know this, i know exactly what stopped that committee from being able to get a deal. >> which one? >> we had major transformation in entitlements, a major proposal from 1.3 trillion to 600 to 300 billion. they wouldn't even agree to $300 billion of revenue so it was impossible to get an agreement because they were terrified of grover forquist the lobbyist who might run somebody against them in the primary. i'm telling you the truth that's what happened. >> i thought between the end it was between boehner and president and they were close to a deal. there are different sides on what happened. i
debate with president obama so what are you talking about? >> he said that he would not lower rates on wealthier people. >> but it's right. no net increase in revenue on people. >> he will not raise revenue, which is what simpson-bowles, rivlin-domenici and the gang of six in the senate agreed. >> neither side has picked it up, the frustration that a plan like bowles-simpson has not put forth. >> not true. >> how so? >> i served on the supercommittee, i...
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i think it would be easier to get simpson-bowles with boehner than with president obama. i don't think he's a true believer. >> we can have that debate but we're 40 days away from going off a cliff or small hill depending on who you ask. the question is what can each side give to get us where we need to be. >> but now you are really just talking about kicking the can again. >> i'm about rising above and rising above calls for compromise. >> i think harold is prepared. >> you are a simpson-bowles guy. >> the challenge is the president has drawn a line in the sand saying i want a pound of flesh period. don't get me a number. don't say a combination of spending cuts and a combination of discretionary of entitlement cuts and some tax increases. he's saying there's only one number. there's only one number. you got to give me that number. don't give me that number, the rest doesn't work. the problem is -- >> the country voted for him whether we like it or not. i like it he was re-elected. democrats picked up two seats in the senate. >> the country voted for him and they're goin
i think it would be easier to get simpson-bowles with boehner than with president obama. i don't think he's a true believer. >> we can have that debate but we're 40 days away from going off a cliff or small hill depending on who you ask. the question is what can each side give to get us where we need to be. >> but now you are really just talking about kicking the can again. >> i'm about rising above and rising above calls for compromise. >> i think harold is prepared....
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jeb bush in the middle of the debate in '12 when we were trying to stop a tax increase by obama he announced uninvited i don't know what he was doing as former governor, oh, i would raise taxes as part of a budget deal. the republicans in the house and senate were united that was never going to happen and then this budinsky comes in and kicks him in the shin. we got the sequester and spending limit which was very important. since then when bush said he would raise taxes as part of a budget deal like his dad did and gave us a recession and eight years of the clintons thank you very much, he's now said he would not do that. but he's not been willing to put it in writing. studies show that politicians very easily will tell you they won't raise your taxes and what they verbally say has no impact at all on what they actually do. but if they sign it and make it in writing the pledge to the american people, the chances of them raising taxes are very, very small. we haven't had a -- >> it was a question about if you can get ten revenue cut and one tax increase would you do it? that's sort of -- that
jeb bush in the middle of the debate in '12 when we were trying to stop a tax increase by obama he announced uninvited i don't know what he was doing as former governor, oh, i would raise taxes as part of a budget deal. the republicans in the house and senate were united that was never going to happen and then this budinsky comes in and kicks him in the shin. we got the sequester and spending limit which was very important. since then when bush said he would raise taxes as part of a budget deal...
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based pfizer to have the tax inversion debate. joining us with more on that and a whole other host of issues, roger altman, former deputy treasury secretary. i thought or supposedly i remember the obama administration about a year ago, along with jack lew, had tinkered around the edges with some of the tax provisions to make inversions less popular and more difficult. >> that's true. >> not so much. >> well, that's true. they closed certain aspects of inversions, hopscotch, such things, but it fundamentally didn't block them. everyone knew at the time it wouldn't block them. the reality is that the corporate tax differentials, off shore, on shore, are so wide that these are continuing and more of them are going to continue, i think, until this corporate tax return and that, in turn, doesn't look likely until 2013. >> what's the upshot? will the deal be allowed to move forward and will it force or cause real tax reform to take place? >> first, we don't know if there will be a deal. our own firm is not involved in this but we don't
based pfizer to have the tax inversion debate. joining us with more on that and a whole other host of issues, roger altman, former deputy treasury secretary. i thought or supposedly i remember the obama administration about a year ago, along with jack lew, had tinkered around the edges with some of the tax provisions to make inversions less popular and more difficult. >> that's true. >> not so much. >> well, that's true. they closed certain aspects of inversions, hopscotch,...
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. >> you think obama is the likely -- >> i hope it does. >> is the likely winner? >> i am a great believer that we've had a lot of debate on diversionary nonsense. the debate that should be in the american populist today at the kitchen table, are we better off than we were four years ago? is there a plan to solve these problems? >> we are losing -- i'm trying to remember axelrod's -- the republicans drove the car into the ditch, you want to give them the keys back? we were losing 750,000 jobs a month, now we're getting 200. >> he sounds like a perfect candidate for "mad men" with some of those lines he's offering. where the are solutions on debt, definite and unemployment? i haven't seen them. >> he tried with boehner to get to the grand bargain and once this fell through, he realized the republicans were not going to give up anything on their side and therefore he went into election mode at that point. >> let's put a pox on both sides of the aisle -- >> how do you put a pox on someone? >> you can. it's a following. >> you talk to someone? >> it's a following. if t
. >> you think obama is the likely -- >> i hope it does. >> is the likely winner? >> i am a great believer that we've had a lot of debate on diversionary nonsense. the debate that should be in the american populist today at the kitchen table, are we better off than we were four years ago? is there a plan to solve these problems? >> we are losing -- i'm trying to remember axelrod's -- the republicans drove the car into the ditch, you want to give them the keys back?...
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i sat there and watched hillary and bernie sanders debating fracking. i had a dedeja vu moment becaus was sitting there eight years ago listening to obama and hillary talking about that. now we want to reverse it? help! but that's what having any one absolute power corrupts absolutely. having one party in control of the executive branch -- that's very -- look at all the irs stuff right now. congress has relatively speaking a much lesser control of the executive branch than we all like to think. >> i guess i asked that because we have had people write in trying to figure out, if you are a seller right now, is there a place you're putting your money? are you holding on for future potential deals? do you store up the cash? >> i don't know the answer generally but, despite interest rates, the idea of holding a lot of cash right now doesn't seem like a terrible idea. >> for opportunities. >> yes. >> sam zell, he'll stick around. my comrades resemble that remark. >> at least we got that in. >>> still ahead. surf is up. surfing icon kelly slater developing a m
i sat there and watched hillary and bernie sanders debating fracking. i had a dedeja vu moment becaus was sitting there eight years ago listening to obama and hillary talking about that. now we want to reverse it? help! but that's what having any one absolute power corrupts absolutely. having one party in control of the executive branch -- that's very -- look at all the irs stuff right now. congress has relatively speaking a much lesser control of the executive branch than we all like to think....
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but that doesn't mean there aren't some serious washington topics to debate. and we're going to do just that next. [ male announcer ] come to the golden opportunity sales event to experience the precision handling of the lexus performance vehicles, including the gs and all-new is. ♪ this is the pursuit of perfection. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this&is gonna be big. hp moonshot. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. >>> my main criteria for the fed reserve chairman is somebody who understands they've got a dual mandate, a critical part of the job is making sure that we keep inflation in check, that our monetary policy is sound, that the dollar is sound. those are all critical components of the job. >> that was president obama answering questions on fri
but that doesn't mean there aren't some serious washington topics to debate. and we're going to do just that next. [ male announcer ] come to the golden opportunity sales event to experience the precision handling of the lexus performance vehicles, including the gs and all-new is. ♪ this is the pursuit of perfection. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of...
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helping exxon and alcoa move up. >>> president obama announcing $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 and a deficit of $1.6 billion. is the president's spending saving or killing the economy? joining us, senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation. you both get 20 seconds to make your case. david? >> first of all, president obama doesn't have any long-term spending initiatives. these have all been short spending increases to deal with the economy. some of those, by the way were inherited bailouts from president bush. all are short term and don't affect the structural deficit. that, you to deal with in three ways, either raise taxes, bush inhair ritzed a balanced budget. >> we'll get to the rest of it. medical costs and defense spending. >> brian, your response? >> look, last year the$800 bill bill. since then we've lost 3.5 million jobs, no track record of government spending stimulating the economy. if deficits stimulated the economy we would have been booming during the bush years. more government spending and weaker private sector is not going to stimulate the economy. >> david? >>
helping exxon and alcoa move up. >>> president obama announcing $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 and a deficit of $1.6 billion. is the president's spending saving or killing the economy? joining us, senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation. you both get 20 seconds to make your case. david? >> first of all, president obama doesn't have any long-term spending initiatives. these have all been short spending increases to deal with the economy. some of those, by the way were...
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if you believe the president's press secretary, it will be vetoed by president obama. the great immigration debate, a form he w43 cnbc contributor and my friend and my party -- >> did you just do air quotes when you said friend? >> no, i didn't. were we not hanging out together at cnbc's 25th anniversary? >> and sara, too, by the way. >> i don't remember opinion i wasn't really -- i was nice to sara, actually. >> you were nice to me. >> i was. we were talking about how you were rough on andrew. >>. >> yes. bernstein is a cnbc contributor. god all mighty. we're going to have to nd it here, guys. so, jared, you have al been, as far as i can remember, a backer of keystone. >> well, i always assumed that the oil was coming out of the ground. this is a particularly dirty form of crude partnership wasn't crazy about it environmentally. i thought as long as it's coming outs of the ground, it might as well go south instead of west considering you would work out some of the issues being debated in nebraska. now being that the economics have shift shifted, it does seem like the
if you believe the president's press secretary, it will be vetoed by president obama. the great immigration debate, a form he w43 cnbc contributor and my friend and my party -- >> did you just do air quotes when you said friend? >> no, i didn't. were we not hanging out together at cnbc's 25th anniversary? >> and sara, too, by the way. >> i don't remember opinion i wasn't really -- i was nice to sara, actually. >> you were nice to me. >> i was. we were talking...
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this is something that president obama pushed hard. and now fcc chairman tom wheeler has announced new rules that will do in essence what president obama wanted. not without a lot of debate and a lot of lobbying here in washington, d.c., though guys. you can imagine the big internet broadband providers were not happy with this. a couple of really interesting lobbying techniques i spotted. one was somebody created a phony department of the internet twitter handle and website to mock the government regulating the internet saying this is going to be like the dmv have been control of your car. you don't want the government regulating the internet. that argument appears it will have lost by this time tomorrow morning. >> okay. >> yeah. there's three democratic appointees eamon. i guess that's a loss. okay. >> you're going to have the two democrats voting with wheeler, the two republicans likely voting against it. and so we expect that this will pass this afternoon. and part of the politics of this joe, is there's this idea out there among t
this is something that president obama pushed hard. and now fcc chairman tom wheeler has announced new rules that will do in essence what president obama wanted. not without a lot of debate and a lot of lobbying here in washington, d.c., though guys. you can imagine the big internet broadband providers were not happy with this. a couple of really interesting lobbying techniques i spotted. one was somebody created a phony department of the internet twitter handle and website to mock the...
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bush and austan goolsbee, former adviser to president barack obama. you know, our friend liesman, austan, he said if they could fix these numbers, if they could somehow fix them, then why didn't they fix the debate performance? that didn't make sense to me. i think i figured it out. you could relax at the debate if you knew you were doing 7.8, all right? you could kind of mail it in, like hey, no big deal. i'm getting a 7.8 on friday. >> look, first of all, i've been saying for months, you've made me be mr. pessimistic on the jobs panel month after month and i told you finally the seasonal adjustment would kick in, in our favor, starting in september and then you didn't have me on! i would have predicted this. you got to at least -- >> i didn't know i could make you do things. that's cool, what do i want to you do. >> no, you made me do nothing. you kicked me off of there. >> where were you last month? >> it wasn't for lack of asking, was it? >> i'm sure we probably begged. >> no, i'm just playing with you. you got to learn the name of the bls commiss
bush and austan goolsbee, former adviser to president barack obama. you know, our friend liesman, austan, he said if they could fix these numbers, if they could somehow fix them, then why didn't they fix the debate performance? that didn't make sense to me. i think i figured it out. you could relax at the debate if you knew you were doing 7.8, all right? you could kind of mail it in, like hey, no big deal. i'm getting a 7.8 on friday. >> look, first of all, i've been saying for months,...
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, although his campaigning has been so inept, except for the debates where i think he's done well. his campaigning has been so inept he's eroding some of that security feeling. >> governor pataki is with us and joined us at the top of the hour, governor rendell. >> well he would be the strongest candidate. >> governor pataki could you lay out your concern about the republicans going after each other and how this weakens -- >> i agree with what ed said which is not uncommon, we often agree, and i think he did say that we've been bloodied over the course of this campaign and we have. i think the most important thing that he said is that none of the republicans have laid out an economic plan that the american people can identify with and say, yes, this is going to help, and i think that's one of the reasons we've been mired and killing each other and one of the reasons we haven't been as effective as we should be in going after president owe ba marx because he has portrayed his vision and i can't stand that vision, of a divisive america in the throes of depression with an ex-ploisive
, although his campaigning has been so inept, except for the debates where i think he's done well. his campaigning has been so inept he's eroding some of that security feeling. >> governor pataki is with us and joined us at the top of the hour, governor rendell. >> well he would be the strongest candidate. >> governor pataki could you lay out your concern about the republicans going after each other and how this weakens -- >> i agree with what ed said which is not...
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where is president obama now? jack welch was very interested. take a look. just 28%. now some people have pointed out well the financial crisis started four years ago before the president came in and so the question is how much is he to blame for all that's going on? we'll get rid of that and come back and take a look. who is to blame. survey of all adults 17% blame him for the recession that's up from when we asked this question back in 2010. unemployment about even. you know he's had some improvement and that improvement in the unemployment rate has shine in the national numbers. take a look at the deficit. more americans blaming him. what's key about these issues if you break it down. independents would very much like the national average. let's go over to our next spot and take a look at some other things on the minds of americans. what's your biggest concern when it comes to cost? food, 9%. education, 11%. retirement 14%. this one here, health care costs, 28%. what are we missing here? you got it. gas prices. 28%. fascinating to me that gas prices and health care
where is president obama now? jack welch was very interested. take a look. just 28%. now some people have pointed out well the financial crisis started four years ago before the president came in and so the question is how much is he to blame for all that's going on? we'll get rid of that and come back and take a look. who is to blame. survey of all adults 17% blame him for the recession that's up from when we asked this question back in 2010. unemployment about even. you know he's had some...
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. >> this whole minimum wage debate and the shift towards higher wages, going to impact a lot of lines. do you think it matters in a good way or bad way? >> i said when walmart raised wages that barack obama should have written a nice note thanking them for raising the minimum wage. following them target. following them mcdonald's. we're going to see wages come up -- >> does that mean margins are going to go down? >> it means margins are going to be pushed and people like mcdonald's will have to work hard. walmart is already pushing to offset it. it also means where are you going to spend that money when you get more money in your paycheck? walmart gets that side of the spending as well as the cost side. so i think their spending improves when you raise low end wages. they also have to offset the costs and they're the best prepared to offset the costs. >> we've got to run. give me a dark horse on the downside. who do you think is better than they really are. or worse than they really are in this case. >> good question. i think some of these apparel names have some near term headwinds t
. >> this whole minimum wage debate and the shift towards higher wages, going to impact a lot of lines. do you think it matters in a good way or bad way? >> i said when walmart raised wages that barack obama should have written a nice note thanking them for raising the minimum wage. following them target. following them mcdonald's. we're going to see wages come up -- >> does that mean margins are going to go down? >> it means margins are going to be pushed and people...
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were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald trump is most severely challenging. ted cruise went after him and donald trump had a response. take a listen.. >> the effect of the 45% tariff would be when you go to the store, when you go to walmart, when you're shopping for your kids, the prices you pay go up 45%. but not only that, when you put those in place, because the terrorist attacks on you, the american people, but the response of that is that the countries we trade with put in their own tariff. >> the 45% tax is a threat. it is not a tax, it is a threat. it will be a tax if they don't behave. >> and this is how donald trump has reconciled wha
were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald...
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a very quick look at the obama record which is the point of debate here on jobs. 22 months of job growth, 3.3 million jobs over that period. during the entire term he is down 317 k so he can get to zero over the next three months if things go his way. unemployment has been above 8% for the entire presidency first time in history. i will point out that it depends where you count from right? >> and you have gone from a defender of the dollar, antiqe3 person, someone, a man of reason, to a total qe3 enabler. >> are you the guy tweeting me like all the time? >> everybody is confusing what i'm trying to do which is tell you what the -- what they will or won't do from what i think the fed should or shouldn't do. >> was there money involved in your switch? what did they do for you? >> you're writing all of these tweets to me. that's what you're doing. >> an economist. >> liesman, if you keep going you'll get your qe3 like i want it. >> qe3 enabler. from a man of reason. >> you just decided it may be coming but could the jobs number if it's really strong change your mind again? >> it could. i re
a very quick look at the obama record which is the point of debate here on jobs. 22 months of job growth, 3.3 million jobs over that period. during the entire term he is down 317 k so he can get to zero over the next three months if things go his way. unemployment has been above 8% for the entire presidency first time in history. i will point out that it depends where you count from right? >> and you have gone from a defender of the dollar, antiqe3 person, someone, a man of reason, to a...
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president obama's right hand man on the economy. jason furman is going to set off a debate. no topic off the table. when we come back we'll talk to him but first as we head to a break a look at the s&p 500 winners and losers. ♪ tdd# 1-800-345-2550 [ male announcer ] your love for trading never stops tdd# 1-800-345-2550 even on the go. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open a schwab account and you could earn tdd# 1-800-345-2550 300 commission-free online trades. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so when a market move affects one of your positions, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 schwab can help you decide what to do. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 with tools like free live-streaming cnbc tv tdd# 1-800-345-2550 that give you the latest financial news and trends. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and bubble charts and price charts that let you see exactly tdd# 1-800-345-2550 how market activity is affecting your positions. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so when the time comes to decide whether to scale in tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or scale out you can make your move, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 wherever you are. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and start working on your next
president obama's right hand man on the economy. jason furman is going to set off a debate. no topic off the table. when we come back we'll talk to him but first as we head to a break a look at the s&p 500 winners and losers. ♪ tdd# 1-800-345-2550 [ male announcer ] your love for trading never stops tdd# 1-800-345-2550 even on the go. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open a schwab account and you could earn tdd# 1-800-345-2550 300 commission-free online trades. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so when a market...
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obviously obama care will be the law of the land. there are higher taxes that kick in but questions about what needs to happen with some of the doctor payments and such. >> well, i think one of the big issues is that we have to get the exchanges up and running for january 1st, 2014, to start the insurance for everyone, that is a big challenge. many states have kicked the can down the road and the federal government has to step in. the big issue for payment and for cost control is going to be making changes in how we pay doctors and incentivizing hospitals and doctors to keep people healthy, and to actually get out there and make sure that the people with chronic illness don't fall between the cracks and to increase coordination of care, and as i've been saying around the country, the main issue there is getting off the fee-for-service payment system and encouraging doctors and hospitals and others to reengineer how they deliver care. that is going to be the key issue over the next eight years. >> that's going to be a tricky transitio
obviously obama care will be the law of the land. there are higher taxes that kick in but questions about what needs to happen with some of the doctor payments and such. >> well, i think one of the big issues is that we have to get the exchanges up and running for january 1st, 2014, to start the insurance for everyone, that is a big challenge. many states have kicked the can down the road and the federal government has to step in. the big issue for payment and for cost control is going to...
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swrooel that debate in a moment here on "squawk box." opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. that's why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. bottoms up, america. see you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. for that moment, where right place meets right time. and when i find it- i go for it. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we give you the edge, with innovative charting and trading features, plus powerful mobile apps so you're always connected, wherever you are. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. >>> a global market rally. china cutting interest rates to lift its sagging economy. plus mario draghi
swrooel that debate in a moment here on "squawk box." opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. that's why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to...
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the republicans should change the terms of the debate. for example, they should have just throw it back at the president, how -- pass a bill in the house saying you can't use medicare money to fund obama care. love to see harry reid block a vote on that one. and how about the no changes in benefits for medicare and social security. the white house is quite willing to throw seniors under the bus under that. so the republicans should have gone on offense, joe. >> i can't tell where -- i'm going back and looking at which one of these. you're somewhere between denial and anger i think, still, steve. you have not reached acceptance. >> acceptance of hurting an economy -- >> i know. >> is not what the political -- bob novak, the great political -- >> don't the american people deserve this? they want their entitlements, we've got to pay for them. >> there are various ways you do entitlements. for example on the social security, you don't have to change any benefit formulas, including cost of living for those on the system, about to go on the sys
the republicans should change the terms of the debate. for example, they should have just throw it back at the president, how -- pass a bill in the house saying you can't use medicare money to fund obama care. love to see harry reid block a vote on that one. and how about the no changes in benefits for medicare and social security. the white house is quite willing to throw seniors under the bus under that. so the republicans should have gone on offense, joe. >> i can't tell where -- i'm...
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. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been strong debates, john kerry had a strong debate against george w. bush in 2004. but he wasn't able to translate that into lasting benefit. that's the best of the next three weeks, to see whether romney can keep it going or whether president obama comes out with a higher level of aggression, higher level of energy in the next debate and stop the momentum that romney accumulated last night. >> okay. yeah, i had so many different thoughts, john, as we watched the whole thing. i remember that a lot of republicans were supporting newt gingrich because just for this
. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been...
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the obama campaign team sits back and -- >> is it the media? what's responsible for that? >> i think it's a combination of things. you know, for example, in arizona in the exchange for not moving our primary way up we said okay give us a debate. everybody loves a debate. the networks, the cables love the debate more than anybody because it gives them their highest viewing. but it's not healthy after a while. it used to be -- listen, it used to be that we would say okay, here's how i think we should restore our economy. this is what i think we need to do about afghanistan. instead we're waiting for the shot and how the recipient of the shot responds. that's not illuminating to the american people. >> senator, i'd like to go back to the idea of simpson-bowles still being alive and still having people who are supporting that. how big of a groundswell is there there in the senate and in the house for a plan like that, and how quickly do you think that something like that could be introduced? >> becky, the dirty little secret is that everybody comes full circle and we come back
the obama campaign team sits back and -- >> is it the media? what's responsible for that? >> i think it's a combination of things. you know, for example, in arizona in the exchange for not moving our primary way up we said okay give us a debate. everybody loves a debate. the networks, the cables love the debate more than anybody because it gives them their highest viewing. but it's not healthy after a while. it used to be -- listen, it used to be that we would say okay, here's how i...
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the dow away from its all-time high and a taxing debate in washington. president obama once again says he's going to seek to get new revenue to help bring down the deficit and specifically, he's now calling out carried interest tax breaks again. we'll see where that goes. plus, the story that everyone is talking about this morning, the ravens holding on to beat the 49ers in the super bowl after the lights went out for 45 minutes at the superdome. we're going to try to keep the lights on. "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ if you like it then you should have put a ring on it ♪ ♪ if you like it then you should have put a ring on it ♪ >> good morning, everybody. i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin. joe kernen is on vacation today so we're joined by steve liesman. we're happy to have him here. our top story this morning, the market. we have assembled a trio of wall street's most respected voices to join us for the next hour. we have a lot to talk about this morning. plus, there is that issue of the lights going out at the super dole last nigh
the dow away from its all-time high and a taxing debate in washington. president obama once again says he's going to seek to get new revenue to help bring down the deficit and specifically, he's now calling out carried interest tax breaks again. we'll see where that goes. plus, the story that everyone is talking about this morning, the ravens holding on to beat the 49ers in the super bowl after the lights went out for 45 minutes at the superdome. we're going to try to keep the lights on....
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i think you'll see some of the executive orders that president obama had in place be undone. that way you'll have a debate about immigration within the united states congress where it should be. and there's going to be -- it's going to be a tough item. but you first start with securing the border which we're in full agreement on. and once that's done, president-elect trump indicates then we'll decide where to go from there. >> but you've talked about the wall a frightening to you. do you think a wall is really going to come? >> well, you've got to listen to the words of president-elect trump. he talked about you might see fences in some places. you're going have some practical realities. i've spent a lot of time along the border. you've got some very sensitive areas there. you've got areas that a physical wall might not make sense. so he's going to hopefully try to make sense out of a more secure border. that's what the american people expect. much of it will be a wall, but there will be other aspects of it. >> he wanted a prosecutor to look at hillary clinton. you've heard l
i think you'll see some of the executive orders that president obama had in place be undone. that way you'll have a debate about immigration within the united states congress where it should be. and there's going to be -- it's going to be a tough item. but you first start with securing the border which we're in full agreement on. and once that's done, president-elect trump indicates then we'll decide where to go from there. >> but you've talked about the wall a frightening to you. do you...
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and so it sharpens in a way that helps president obama at least in the near term the debate over whether or not we need regulation and what exactly -- how intrusive and expansive government should be in overseeing these banks. >> i'll take the other side of that only because i just finished reading a piece by our friend ben white morning money. he said this hurts president obama. this is actually a feather in the cap of romney not so much because romney is out there seen as some kind of regulatory enforcer, but actually because people say maybe obama spell do fell down on the job, four years later nothing is different and that's how the public will view this. >> you know, i suppose that's possible, but i think you have to look away from the fact that a law was passed and it's in the process of being implemented to get to that judgment. carl levin says, we don't know this for sure because you have to see how the regulation is ultimately crafted, that the volcker rule would have properly implemented would have prevented these trades. >> but the current volcker rule technically allows for t
and so it sharpens in a way that helps president obama at least in the near term the debate over whether or not we need regulation and what exactly -- how intrusive and expansive government should be in overseeing these banks. >> i'll take the other side of that only because i just finished reading a piece by our friend ben white morning money. he said this hurts president obama. this is actually a feather in the cap of romney not so much because romney is out there seen as some kind of...
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my alternative when woorp debating was to have a commitment not to raise taxes. if president obama came in and said i'm not going to raise tax pez. >> by the way, he didn't. >> with a lot of pressure and always the urn certainty saying we need to. and also if he came in and said the middle-class tax cut, i'm going to make it permanent. >> so you didn't help kevin write this piece. >> were you cheering -- >> kevin is a former student of mine. i respect him greatly. >> i keep hearing it, thank god we've had this government that allowed to us get back to 2% growth that orchestrated 2% growth. and this is the crux of the issue for this election, the counterfactor that we'd be better off or you give the government credit from bringing us back from the abyss. >> you have a really good budget plan that romney is on part of it and you have this other budget plan is that doesn't deal with our exploding debt. at least we can have a debate. let have a serious debate about which is the right way to go. i think i know what is the right way to go. >> we have to kill some other
my alternative when woorp debating was to have a commitment not to raise taxes. if president obama came in and said i'm not going to raise tax pez. >> by the way, he didn't. >> with a lot of pressure and always the urn certainty saying we need to. and also if he came in and said the middle-class tax cut, i'm going to make it permanent. >> so you didn't help kevin write this piece. >> were you cheering -- >> kevin is a former student of mine. i respect him greatly....
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i remember, do you remember the debate when problem said, you forgot about pom land? it just sounded so crazy that, i don't know how many -- we had the coalition of the willing. a lot weren't willing. i guess kerry forgot poland and now we got president obama, you know, just appealing to allies to support him on this. the world is like topsy turvy. >> well, you know, it was disappointing that britain did not come along. but, frankly, i don't think the prime minister david cameron made a very good case why there should be action in syria. president obama put out the evidence of how we now that assad was guilty of this crime against his own people. and and then said that congress should put it to a vote. if parliament, they didn't put any evidence forward. so there couldn't be a public debate based on the evidence that they had. >> you know, bill, in a world like this, you could, with what's done in north korea to people and what's done, we read about things in china and some of these regimes that, you know, that operate this way and it would be tough to go and take car
i remember, do you remember the debate when problem said, you forgot about pom land? it just sounded so crazy that, i don't know how many -- we had the coalition of the willing. a lot weren't willing. i guess kerry forgot poland and now we got president obama, you know, just appealing to allies to support him on this. the world is like topsy turvy. >> well, you know, it was disappointing that britain did not come along. but, frankly, i don't think the prime minister david cameron made a...
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can react. >> someone would say we embarked on a redistributive path with the election of president obama. that we became much more open to the idea. but at the same time we have seen food stamps explode. disability explode. to the point where now the number of people that really are benefiting from the government has increased. it's almost as if it made it harder for people that don't have jobs and don't have capital to actually get a job and create their own -- make their own way. earn their own success. and off camera we talked. shouldn't we be creating more capital theists instead of trying to punish the successful capitalists we have right now. wouldn't it be great if social security was a 401(k). and if we create a whole new class of capitalists in the bottom half with jobs and with capital, instead of, you know, disparaging capital and trying to increase labor, wouldn't that make more sense? >> sure. the purpose of my book is to try to see how we can spread education and capital. what kind of policy can allow us to do that? investment is key. we need proper institution and includin
can react. >> someone would say we embarked on a redistributive path with the election of president obama. that we became much more open to the idea. but at the same time we have seen food stamps explode. disability explode. to the point where now the number of people that really are benefiting from the government has increased. it's almost as if it made it harder for people that don't have jobs and don't have capital to actually get a job and create their own -- make their own way. earn...
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but obama rewards -- he's loyal. i think summers has been -- summers was in a much more centrist administration and, you know, clinton. clinton had a good record. >> i feel bad over the whole debate. i think it minimized and belittelled both yellen's and summers qualifications. >> and twisted them into almost clic cliches. >> ridiculous. >> caricatures of who they are. right. >> i think both of them are incredibly qualified. i think both of them would do a very good job. i think summers has gotten a bum rap. he has people attacking him from all sides. ben white wrote the committee to save the world from larry summers, that cover story of the committee to save the world. >> and the people in the center and right are saying the idea that one is less keynesian than the other is not -- larry will be plenty accommodative. >> he's been much more publicly outspoken. >> about qe, not other ways to spend money. >> infrastructure, right. >> not going to sit there and say, wow, we need -- he's not an austerity guy. that's for s
but obama rewards -- he's loyal. i think summers has been -- summers was in a much more centrist administration and, you know, clinton. clinton had a good record. >> i feel bad over the whole debate. i think it minimized and belittelled both yellen's and summers qualifications. >> and twisted them into almost clic cliches. >> ridiculous. >> caricatures of who they are. right. >> i think both of them are incredibly qualified. i think both of them would do a very...
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no one's really listening and the white house has controlled the debate that it's all about the upper 2%. the first thing in texas you do is shrink the size of government, wouldn't you? >> well, we did that. we faced a substantial budget shortfall. we have a constitutional amendment that requires us to have a balanced budget, which frankly america needs that. >> i don't know what would happen. >> most states have that. >> the states that are -- i would suggest to you the states that are doing better economically have a constitutional amendment that requires them to balance their budget. so, we had to deal with that in the early 2000s. and interestingly, it was the first time since the 19th century, since back about 1870, that there were all republicans, republican speaker, republican house, republican lieutenant governor, republican senate and myself, and we had run on the premise that we were going to treat government differently, that we were going to treat it more like how folks in the private sector have to deal with their businesses, that we weren't going to raise taxes, that we
no one's really listening and the white house has controlled the debate that it's all about the upper 2%. the first thing in texas you do is shrink the size of government, wouldn't you? >> well, we did that. we faced a substantial budget shortfall. we have a constitutional amendment that requires us to have a balanced budget, which frankly america needs that. >> i don't know what would happen. >> most states have that. >> the states that are -- i would suggest to you the...
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. >> president obama said this at south by southwest the other day. he said, look, this debate about security of the iphone is sort of fetishizing the iphone above everything else. we as a society have decided that law enforcement with a warrant can go into your house, can search your bedroom, look in your underwear drawer if they're conducting a legal investigation with a legal court order and a warrant. why can't they look in your phone? what's the difference? so from the government's perspective, this is very straight forward. from a civil libertarian and technology -- >> between the arctic monkeys and the foals. between those two. >> it was a hot seller. >> two issues for you. one, do you think the fbi will ultimately come forward and say what they found on the phone, and does that present potential brand damage to apple if, in fact, they're able to say, indeed, we found information about another cell or other information that's leading us to an investigation that would help us fight terror. what does that do, if, in fact, they're able to say that
. >> president obama said this at south by southwest the other day. he said, look, this debate about security of the iphone is sort of fetishizing the iphone above everything else. we as a society have decided that law enforcement with a warrant can go into your house, can search your bedroom, look in your underwear drawer if they're conducting a legal investigation with a legal court order and a warrant. why can't they look in your phone? what's the difference? so from the government's...
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that controversial debate with this republican congress is totally entitled. first as we head to break, here's a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the question your customers are really asking is can your business deliver? >> not as unlikely or crazy as you might think. it was in reference to bernie sanders who is -- he is a known -- he's not a republican or a democrat. he's a socialist. >> so he has called on the president to raise more than $100 billion in taxes through irs executive taxes. he's very interested in looking at it. now i don't want to leave with you the impression that there's some announcement. there's not. but the president asked his team to examine an array of executive authorities available to him to try to make progress on his goals. they're talking about closing loopholes for corporations
that controversial debate with this republican congress is totally entitled. first as we head to break, here's a look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ ♪ can it tell the doctor how long you have to wear this thing? ♪ ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ ♪ the answer is yes, it can. so, the question your customers are really asking is can your business deliver? >> not as...
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each too different paths and now those are central to the debate. listen to john kasich, jeb bush and chris christie justify their stances on the issue. >> when i look at the old and new testament one thing is clear in there. it does depend on how we help people down on their luck. >> let's talk about one specific in relation and that's what you did on medicaid. people look at this and say he's implementing obama's medicaid program. >> there's no money in washington. it's money we send from our state of ohio to washington that i was able to bring back to help the mentally ill get on their feet. 80% of the people in our prisons in ohio have some sort of substance abuse. as we treat the drug addiction in our prisons when they come out the rate is 10%. >> if there is an interview process when we're at the pearly gates it won't be what's your views on medicaid. it will be have you accepted jesus as your savior and have you acted on your sense of conscious personally. >> what do you think of his argument. >> do you think that was a mistake. >> i don't th
each too different paths and now those are central to the debate. listen to john kasich, jeb bush and chris christie justify their stances on the issue. >> when i look at the old and new testament one thing is clear in there. it does depend on how we help people down on their luck. >> let's talk about one specific in relation and that's what you did on medicaid. people look at this and say he's implementing obama's medicaid program. >> there's no money in washington. it's...
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has a tendency to shoot first and aim late sgler the intense debate on how america should lead. >>> the secret to apple's success. >> this is iphone 5. >> how ceo tim cook is keeping steve jobs' magic alive. the second hour of "squawk box" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box." i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. looks like the cow will open 13 points higher, s&p higher, nasdaq off marginally on the other -- in the other direction. >> it has been amazing to see the market continue to climb even though it's awaiting the news from the federal reserve. it is a big decision day for the federal reserve. yesterday we closed at a 4 1/2 year high. steve leisman made the trip to washington for the news conference later today. steve, i guess the question is, will he or won't he? >> i mean the expectation is that he will, and he will do so into what is essentially a very charged political environment. i want to sort of walk you through what seems to be the decision-making process of the fed chairman here. let's begin with the minutes of the au
has a tendency to shoot first and aim late sgler the intense debate on how america should lead. >>> the secret to apple's success. >> this is iphone 5. >> how ceo tim cook is keeping steve jobs' magic alive. the second hour of "squawk box" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "squawk box." i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick and joe kernen. looks like the cow will open 13 points higher, s&p higher, nasdaq off...
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a national congressional debate is expected to -- into the weekend. we have personal income and spending. then consumer sentiment. we will hear from bill dudley along with eric rosengren. est, esther george told an audience the size of the michelle taper may not matter all that much. she argues that the key thing is the clarity with which the fed communicates about where its policies are heading. maybe not surprising, 10 billion, 15 billion, as long as they get it started, that's what the market will be watching. >> say something yesterday, becky, that someone predicted it will be next year and it will be the next chairperson in the fed that starts the tapering. did you see that? >> there's only two meetings left. it was october and december, you're right. is bernanke going to on be in a position where he did it -- >> someone said it yesterday, itself his prediction is that nothing happens until there's a new fed person. >> because they tied it to economic conditions, i think it would be difficult to say that economic conditions have changed all that
a national congressional debate is expected to -- into the weekend. we have personal income and spending. then consumer sentiment. we will hear from bill dudley along with eric rosengren. est, esther george told an audience the size of the michelle taper may not matter all that much. she argues that the key thing is the clarity with which the fed communicates about where its policies are heading. maybe not surprising, 10 billion, 15 billion, as long as they get it started, that's what the...
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many companies are invested in how this debate plays out. those in favor wants to make sure their streaming video gets to consumers without restricts. netflix, youtube and facebook. those opposed are the broadband providers, at&t, verizon and cnbc parents comcast they want to make sure they can manage internet traffic most efficiently on their pipes. here's how the 2016 candidates stack up on the issue. hillary clinton says that enforcing strong net neutrality rules would protect free and fair competition. bernie sanders takes a more extreme approach. internet fast lanes are grotesquely unfair. on the republican side donald trump is posed to it going so far as saying net neutrality will target conservative immediate why which misinterprets the issue. ted cruz calls it the biggest regulatory threat and john kasich hasn't said much on the issue just yet. regardless of the outcome of the election the debate over how broadband providers handle internet traffic is certainly to remain a hot button issue. joe? >> yes, yes indeed. that goes with som
many companies are invested in how this debate plays out. those in favor wants to make sure their streaming video gets to consumers without restricts. netflix, youtube and facebook. those opposed are the broadband providers, at&t, verizon and cnbc parents comcast they want to make sure they can manage internet traffic most efficiently on their pipes. here's how the 2016 candidates stack up on the issue. hillary clinton says that enforcing strong net neutrality rules would protect free and...
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two federal courts split on the obama health care subsidies if 38 states yesterday. a senior fellow, guys, can you what do you make of these split decisions and what do they actually mean before we get into the debate about it? >> well, the first thing they mean steady as she goes. this doesn't change anything for people getting premium subsidies through these exchanges, whether state based or federal. the courts are arguing about whether some language in the affordable caring a means one thing or the other. the act says that once these state exchanges are set up, they can provide premium subsidies, that is subsidies to people buying insurance through the exchanges to help them pay for it. but it uses the word state exchanges, some states decided not to set up those exchanges and the law provides for the federal government to come in and set them up. so the d.c. circuit court says, wait a second, if it's a federal law, they can't faye subsidies, the fourth circuit court agreed on a unanimous decision that said, in fact, whether they're state or federal, they can pay
two federal courts split on the obama health care subsidies if 38 states yesterday. a senior fellow, guys, can you what do you make of these split decisions and what do they actually mean before we get into the debate about it? >> well, the first thing they mean steady as she goes. this doesn't change anything for people getting premium subsidies through these exchanges, whether state based or federal. the courts are arguing about whether some language in the affordable caring a means one...
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obama care. guys, they seem to think we'll be able to handle it, although they do both admit that health care prices and corporate leaders are looking at. joe, you mentioned it yesterday, too. businesses are trying to figure out how they can get their hands around these costs that have been growing at rappit growth for decades. >> we're hurdling towards that date, too. >> yeah, october 1st is when the exchanges are -- >> in the journal, they'll fix this. there's a glitch in trying to figure out how much people should have to pay. but they point out that, you know, in the 36 states where the federal government has to run the exchanges because the states aren't cooperating, that at this point, they don't -- there's 32 million uninsured people and they only expect a small percentage to sign up initially. but they need people to sign up. and if there's a glitch, they can't do it. some of the states that are doing it themselves have said we're not going to be ready. the remaining 14 states that are ru
obama care. guys, they seem to think we'll be able to handle it, although they do both admit that health care prices and corporate leaders are looking at. joe, you mentioned it yesterday, too. businesses are trying to figure out how they can get their hands around these costs that have been growing at rappit growth for decades. >> we're hurdling towards that date, too. >> yeah, october 1st is when the exchanges are -- >> in the journal, they'll fix this. there's a glitch in...
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has now entering the debates against george w. bush. he had a reputation as a strong debater. his body language was off, he was condescending to bush. bush was surprisingly well performed and personable. you had the bush campaign take advantage of some mistakes that gore made in the debate. and they really drove a story. cheney beat lieberman in the vice presidential debates. all those things came together and political scientists call it a wave effect. cause out with bush ahead a few points. >> couldn't you just say for an idiot, he was surprisingly well inform informed in say what you're feeling. >> i've never thought bush was an idiot. >> why would you say surprisingly well informed? he was governor for -- he had a higher grade point average than al gore. >> because bush had a reputation -- >> with who? >> among people who cover him and among-mf. >> the media, you mean? >> a significant portion of the american people. >> i'm playing with you. i read what you tweeted, that you're ready for some debating with morning joe and at s
has now entering the debates against george w. bush. he had a reputation as a strong debater. his body language was off, he was condescending to bush. bush was surprisingly well performed and personable. you had the bush campaign take advantage of some mistakes that gore made in the debate. and they really drove a story. cheney beat lieberman in the vice presidential debates. all those things came together and political scientists call it a wave effect. cause out with bush ahead a few points....
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if you remember that first debate, obama was just, like, he was on -- not interested, like why am i here, do i really have to do this? and biden came in and saved -- >> i don't know when those conversations were taking place and for anybody who didn't hear it, it was reported that they thought about dumping biden for hillary clinton. >> but what we're finding out -- >> and the report is from a new book called double down. this is a sequel to game changer 2008 campaign book. they have done another book going inside the 2012 campaign and they've come up with some blockbuster details, including the fact that they were looking at replacing biden as early as 2011. >> and daley said i don't know if the prt weighed in on it. the president, i don't think he knew. he didn't know about, you know, the nsa with merkel. he didn't know about any of that irs stuff. he didn't know about the problem with the whistle -- all i know is he's mad. he is mad about -- well, he's mad about the merkel thing. he's definitely mad about the irs. i think he's still mad about the website. nobody is madder than him abo
if you remember that first debate, obama was just, like, he was on -- not interested, like why am i here, do i really have to do this? and biden came in and saved -- >> i don't know when those conversations were taking place and for anybody who didn't hear it, it was reported that they thought about dumping biden for hillary clinton. >> but what we're finding out -- >> and the report is from a new book called double down. this is a sequel to game changer 2008 campaign book....